The Danger of Lazy Spellers
The Danger of Lazy Spellers
First of all, don't you dare call me a Grammar Nazi. I am an American. You may call me a proud Grammerican if you like, but that would perpetuate the misspelling of "grammer", for those of you who even bother to read all the way through long words.
(This post is tongue in cheek, or "tong inn chic" for sum of yew.)
As I see it, the result of so many native English speakers lazily impersonating ESL students online is that more of you will have your bank accounts emptied and your identities stolen. Only the poor spellers, though. And not because the Word Nerds are smarter than you are, but simply because we will be too disgusted by the spelling and grammar of the following type of messages to even think of helping out those poor souls. Our very snobbery will save us ! As things worsen, spelling-wise, perhaps more of you folks won't be able to tell the scams from regular emails from your own relatives !!
I got another one of those ridiculous emails:
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dear friend,
I am working with one of the prime bank here in Burkina Faso, can you help me repatriate the sun of 14.3million dollars to your oversea account based on percentage.
(1) Can you handle this project?
(2) Can I give you this trust?
(3) What will be your commission?
I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.
Best Regard's,
Please kindly reply to my alternative email address below
mamuda_diallo2010@voila.fr
MR.MAMUDA DIALLO.
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Hell no, I'm not going to help you repatriate the sun !